Subject: This is...
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Posted on: 2014-04-10 01:04:00 UTC

why I have a problem with both of your agents.

From the Spirit of the PPC section of the Guide to the PPC:

Let me highlight a paragraph of that.

Put as simply as possible, the PPC is about having fun.

This means that the primary focus of our stories and interactions is comedy, and that we don’t like rainy-day types very much. Anyone taking things Too Seriously or who doesn’t enjoy our particular brand of silliness probably won’t have fun here. This is all done for the laughs; we’re not going to change that. We love the PPC just the way it is – with no logic, no sanity, and above all, no realism. After all, we have miniature fiery demons pop into existence every time a random author misspells a name, and our Headquarters requires a six-dimensional map – this place couldn’t touch “realistic” with a ten mile pole


And from the What NOT to Write section of that guideline:

We don’t want to see any SuperPowered Agents walking around. This place is not about who can be the “coolest” agent, who has the best weapons, or who can handle the most disgusting badfic. This is not a competition. We don’t want dark, aggressive stories – we want humour, and rest assured that the community at large will respond quickly if things start getting out of hand.

I'm not calling you a bad writer (or person) for coming up with dark characters. Personally, I write horribly dark urban fantasy original fiction on occasion. My fanfic tends to be dark as well. The thing to remember is that the PPC is not the place for those kinds of characters and stories, so when you tell me, 'This isn't for comedic purposes,it's serious and causes Nagi a lot of pain.' I have to think that you are missing a large part of the basic principles that make up the PPC.

Also, aside from concerns I have about a 13 year old agent, which are my own since there is ample precedent for agents that young, the weapons you listed Emile as preferring are big, heavy things that will kick like a mule. You didn't mention height, so going by the CDC growth chart for Caucasian males, Emile at average height for 13 would only be about 5'2" or 62 inches and weigh just over 100 pounds. Those rifles range from 43" to 49" long and from 8 lbs to almost 12 lbs in weight. My mom is 5'6" and owns a rifle of similar size. She had to have a custom short stock installed to allow her to properly hold the rifle. Those rifles kick HARD even when held properly. While I don't believe it would be impossible for a 5'2" person to safely shoot those rifles, I doubt it would be much fun for them.

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